It’s been over 30 years since my last letter to the local paper. I haven’t felt so compelled as I do at this moment in time. As a person over 80 years old, living in Shasta County since 1944, I… Continue Reading
On Saturday, thanks to six performers from San Francisco, Sacramento and Redding, an entertainment epiphany hit the Cascade Theatre in downtown Redding, Calif., like a rainbow meteor from the Land of Oz. These performers wore their best couture, changing 12… Continue Reading
Hello From Redding, CA. It was about 6:30 pm on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, David Muir on ABC just finished and I decided to catch the news on TV. I had it muted for the commercials while I made a… Continue Reading
I got the email from a friend at about 9 a.m. on Valentine’s Day telling me that Pete Buttigieg would be at a rally in Sacramento. I quickly sent out this information to a bunch of local “Pete For America”… Continue Reading
Hello fellow Earthling. Here we are, the beginning of the year 2020. Have you thought about what planet you want to emigrate to before we reach maximum intoleration for carbon and other dangerous elements in our environment? Well, the nearest… Continue Reading
Doni’s note: Please join me in welcoming Frank Treadway’s new column to ANC, a place where Frank is a subscriber and enthusiastic supporter. He’s probably best known in the north state as a life-long activist and civil-rights champion, but he’s… Continue Reading
On March 29, 2011, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., almost 100 local passersby signed a petition stating they wanted to save the six 100- year-old redwood and sequoia trees located at the corner of Oregon and Yuba streets in… Continue Reading
Recently we learned that Redding City Council member Missy McArthur will be bringing a proposal before her council colleagues to discuss an eventual ordinance that would ticket and fine those who ‘Sit and Lie’ on sidewalks in the City of… Continue Reading
It was that time of the month, sometime in September 2012; my Toyota became due for its every 3,000-mile oil change. As I turned off the East Cypress Avenue and into the parking lot to check in with the mechanic,… Continue Reading
Dozens of people gathered beneath the shade and softly sloping branches of a gargantuan deodar cedar Monday afternoon. They were there to sign petitions and show support for the downtown heritage grove and its nearby historic bungalow at Yuba and Oregon streets. That site is slated… Continue Reading
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